The city of Holyoke and a ward in Chicopee, Massachusetts make up the state's 5th Hampden District. The two candidates vying for a seat in the House have differing experience but similar platforms.

The state’s chief election officer is encouraging voters to plan ahead to make sure they exercise their right to vote.

Prices for candy, the most popular Halloween purchase, and gum have risen 7.7% in one year and are up more than 18% in two years, according to the latest federal data.

The death of labor rights leader Dolores Huerta has many Latinos in Connecticut honoring and remembering her legacy.

Massachusetts new state-of-the-art Veterans Home in Holyoke was unveiled Thursday, marking a major milestone in the transformation of veterans care in the state, officials say. Formerly known as the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, the facility was built on the site of a deadly 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, where at least 76 veterans died — a tragedy that helped the push to replace it.

Critics suggest the larger-diameter pipe could someday carry more gas than the two old pipes combined, if an expansion received government approval. But that is not part of the current plan, the pipeline owner says.

Hantz Marconi admitted an error in judgment for conversations she had with the governor and others during her husband’s criminal investigation. She’ll face no discipline.

Maine's Senate race could turn on a simple question: Are Maine voters angry enough at President Donald Trump that they’ll part with Republican Sen. Susan Collins, the state’s longest serving senator in more than a century?